First time to the zoo..

[TeniBear]

Amelia's been to two different zoos (Melbourne about ten times, Werribee once), the aquarium once, the museum twice... Plus a million other places she "won't remember" but still enjoyed She loves the zoo, we've been members since she was a few months old and the experience is different for her every time. The first time, when she was around two or three months old, the fluttering and colours of the butterflies caught her eye. Around six months, it was the seals jumping in and out of the water. A couple of months ago she was utterly fascinated with the baby orangutan clutching her mother, just as Amelia was clutching me Actually, that part's become my favourite with Amelia, since the mother and baby always seem to be snuggling and usually having a feed as we arrive - so it inspires Amelia to want a feed too


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[FabFiona]

Yes! We love the orangutans! DS1 always asks to see the 'cheeky monkeys'. DS2 will happily stand at the window and loves watching them.

[fionas]

I'm going to go against the grain here. DD1 was about 18 months old and couldn't have given a stuff about the animals. She was more interested in running around like a maniac and going up and down the escalator in the gift shop.

So complete waste of money for us.

DD2, however, is almost 2 and although we haven't taken her to the zoo yet, I'm sure she'd be fascinated because she has a completely different temperament to DD1.

[*LittleMissSummer*]

I'm going to go against the grain here. DD1 was about 18 months old and couldn't have given a stuff about the animals. She was more interested in running around like a maniac and going up and down the escalator in the gift shop.

So complete waste of money for us.

DD2, however, is almost 2 and although we haven't taken her to the zoo yet, I'm sure she'd be fascinated because she has a completely different temperament to DD1.

I think thats what my friend was worried my DD would be like because her son is very hyper he couldn't just stand and look at animals but from what she has been at petting zoos i think she will be fine, or so i hope so!

[fionas]

Yep, that's fair enough LMS - said it before, I'll say it again, they're all different - what works for one won't work for another.

Enjoy your trip to the zoo!

[Shanti]

Is your friend serious? Of course they'll have fun!!! (maybe she's jealous )

I regularly take my girls (3yrs and 13mths) to the local wildlife sanctuary which is like a zoo and we feed the kangaroos, feed the birds, look at the koalas, the snakes, the shows, so much to do!!!! We always LOVE it! We ride the train.... it's such a fun thing to do and we get so much out of our yearly pass. I have been taking DD1 since she was 18mths and we NEVER tire of it.....

Have fun! It's so educational for them.

[Trillian]

the first time we went to the zoo the kids were 4, 2 and 9 months. It was just canberra zoo which i thought was a good one for kids that age. Then we did Dubbo zoo when the kids were 8, 6, 5 and 2 and it was fine. DS2 still remembers some of it and we have all the photos too. So what if you have to eventually do it again some day so they actually remember going to the zoo? Just because you go once doesn't mean you can't go again. I don't understand that logic. If you waited till they were old enough to remember doing something, you'd never do anything!